Anybody still using the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus??

[funpig]

I have owned my P6210 since about 2012. The first year was hell; under Honeycomb 3.2, my Tab random rebooted several times a day. Samsung Canada never pushed an official update. I was able to flash a UK version of Jelly Bean 4.1.2 in about 2013. This has been rock solid for the last three years.

Lately, i have been having issues going on some websites. I was told that jelly bean lacks up to date security protocols so the website will not let me make a secure connection,

I went to the xda developers site and flashed the latest cyanogenmod 13.0 with the pico gapps. Everything worked but there were a few bugs. It sometimes lagged and it occassionally force closed and rebooted. After the novelty of the new features wore off, I restored to 4.1.2.

(I have since discovered that using Chrome or Firefox will allow me to access the websites. I would still like to update the Tab to get rid of the underlying security issues and to be able to download newer apps which require higher version of Android).

I would like to find an earlier rom version of lollipop or kitkat which is stable. Any suggestions?

Anybody else still using this Tab?

 

[srglassw]

Anybody else still using this Tab?

I'm still using my Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus but I do have issues with some apps. My Tab was purchased in the US and as a US model got an official Samsung update to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0.4). That was a good improvement over Honeycomb but now is more and more having issues with updated apps.

I am having to use the "stock" version of the Maps app. The updated version from Google Play locks up whenever a search is done and is pretty much unusable. I was having a severe battery drain issue with Google Play Services but that seems to be resolved now. I'm not sure if a new version of Google Play Services or my getting the needed sync and notification settings turned off cured that issue. There are several apps that I used to use regularly that are no longer compatible with my Tab, notably Blue Iris web cam software client and Texture by Next Issue magazine app.

 

[funpig]

Srglassw, from what i have read, ICS was always glitchy on our tab. You should upgrade to the stock jelly bean 4.1.2. Here is the way that i used about 3 years ago:

http://androidromupdate.com/2013/05/14/upgrade-samsung-galaxy-tab-7-0-p6210-wifi-jelly-bean-update/

The links to the files are no longer good. Here is the link to the official roms for our tab:

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/GT-P6210/

I used the UK/Ireland version of 4.1.2. You will have to google for Odin.

 

[srglassw]

Srglassw, from what i have read, ICS was always glitchy on our tab. You should upgrade to the stock jelly bean 4.1.2.

Thanks for the info. I'll give it a look. It would be nice to breath a bit of new life into my Tab as it still is in great condition but for the outdated operating system version.